. Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution. Smithsonian Institution; Smithsonian Institution. Archives; Discoveries in science. 426 PRE-HISTORIC MOUNDS OP GRANT COUNTY, Fiff. 1. mound, 15 feet in diameter, and 3 feet high. Thirty feet east of the small mound is a straight one 77 feet long. Following the road for about a quarter of a mile west of the " Schlundt place," a mound was discovered which is shown in Fig. 1. It is situated immediately on the bank of the "Wisconsin Kiver, and about 50 feet from the foot of the blufl'. This mound is
. Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution. Smithsonian Institution; Smithsonian Institution. Archives; Discoveries in science. 426 PRE-HISTORIC MOUNDS OP GRANT COUNTY, Fiff. 1. mound, 15 feet in diameter, and 3 feet high. Thirty feet east of the small mound is a straight one 77 feet long. Following the road for about a quarter of a mile west of the " Schlundt place," a mound was discovered which is shown in Fig. 1. It is situated immediately on the bank of the "Wisconsin Kiver, and about 50 feet from the foot of the blufl'. This mound is the only one of its kind seen. It is per- haps intended to represent a bird with its wings and tail spread, as shown by the circular expansion at the rear end. If this is its design, it is not nearly so well proportioned as the other bird monads which were seen, none of which, however, had their tails spread. G. N. E. 1 of sec. 2, T. C, E. 5 W.—Making a short detour from the valley of the Wisconsin, up the valley of a smalT stream on which the village of Milh'ille is situ- ated, we find the singular mound shown in Figure 2. It is situated in a meadow owned by Mr. Kidd, the miller, and about 300 feet south of his house. The mound lies on the level ground, with its limbs pointing to the creek, which is distant but a few yards. The meadow has been under cultivation for a number of years, so that the mound is much reduced in height, although it can still be dis- tinctly traced. The remains of several others were ob- served, but they are so ob- literated by cultivation that their forms can no longer be identified. As it lies upon the ground the effigy is not particularly suggestive of auy known animal. The fore limbs are the longest, and each looger than tbe body, while the neck has been omitted in the construction of the animal. Altogether, it is one of the most singular effigies seen, and the only one of its kind. 7. Center of sec. 15, T. 7, li. 5 W.—This locality was
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